Safety-globe and guard.



w.- snsfm .SAFETY GLGBE-VAND GUARD. articulos mmm un s, 1909.

Patented Nw. 23, 1909@ WILLIAM G. SHERRR, or NEW YORK, u. Y., Assis-Non To THE SALES DEPARTMNL;

E. .'P. GLEASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, AGOBPORATION OF1NEW YORK.

SAFETY-GLOBE 'AND GUARD.

application med may s, 1909. serial No. 494,s44.

ST0 alla/hom it may concern:

Beit known that I, IV1LLIA3LG. Simulink,-

a citizen ofthe United-States, and resident of New York city, in the county of Kings :and State-.f New York, have invented cer.- tain, new and useful Improvements in Safety- ;Globes and Guards, of which the following is a specification.

f. My invention relates to that class of globes which are protected by Wire guards, the ob- 'ect "bein'to oroducea Olobe in which the holding means are Within said globe, .the use of a combined reflector and 'smoke bell, and of a locking means for the Wirel guard which In globes of this distributer commonly used in the holders cause the'light Within the globe to cast a shadow below the holder' and as the globes are generally used in staircases, the dark area cast `by the holder is objectionable.

- Where thewire guards'are held by screws extending out from the holder, by unserern mg these screws theentire body, consisting of the guard, top and globe can .be removed, and the object for which they are used-1s' nullilied. .It hasalso been found in praetice that. mischievous -persons have. Wrenched oi'the guard lock' for the purpose of reach'- ing the light. In my improved globe I have overcome allthese objectionable features as Will be'seen ,by the description. f

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents 4my improved globe in side eleva-I tion` partly in centersection; Fig. 9. is a. plan vieu7 of Fig. l partly broken away for clearness of illustration; Fig. 3 isa front-elevation of the guard lock, the cover being shown removed; Fig. 4. is a sectional side View of .the lighting slide closed., and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lighting slide open. vThe lock shown in Fig. l a sectional View online .reof'Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts in the several views.

The glass globe, 1, is' round and instead of the usual holder flange, it'has a plain opening whereby it can beheld from the, inside; a small vertical langefQ, at the top tends to steadythe globe in the canopy. The holder, 3, is preferably made with three arms, 4, having la right angle extension, 5, through whigh a screw, 6, passes. The center of the globe holder is countersunk, drilled and tapped, so that it can be securely screwed down on a Xture-not shown-.the gas burner, 8, acting as a lock nut to prevent its Specification of Letters I Paten-t. PatQIIQNOXnLZS, 1909.A j

being unscrewed Near the 'enfd of the arms, y

longitudinal 'Wires, 10, Wh'ich shouldf'be smaller in diameter than theliteial'ufiijes,

11, although the two lateral Wil .'12, at 'the parting point of the guard, may the object being to avoid" making shad To securely hold ally tlieui'resin theii tive position, a thin Wire,13,1iay'be`wrapped around, as shown. The guard is .securely fastened to the base wire, 9, bylooping the ends of the longitudinal Wires' around it. A loop, 14, extending down from the upper half of the guard, enters the lock box, 15,

and when the hook, 16, is operated, the guard is locked or unlocked as desired. To prevent any one from tampering with the lbck, af cylindrical extension, 17, surrounds the three square shaft, 18. The lock is fastened between two longitudinal Wires and soldered in place on the inside or from the back of the lock; a hinge, 30, is formed dia- ,metrically oppositethe lock, by looping tivo wires together.

The canopy, 19, is fastened in the top of the upper half of the guard in any suitable manner. A simple Way is by means of a screw, Q0, 'which also fastens an enameled reliector, 2l, in. place. a short distance below the canopy so that the heated air can passoi through the openings, A row of openings, 23, may also be put in the flange ofthe canopy. A nut, 21l, is used to fasten theY screw, 20; the nut is protected by a cap, Q5.

A circular piece of perforated metal, 26, is placed over the globe holder, Where it may be soldered in place. The usual lighting slide, Q7, is provided, which is operated by the same key as used for the lock, 18, the shaft, 28, being encircled by a cylindrical extension, :29, Vtlrese two parts being shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. lVhen the gas is turned on from 'a distant pointand lightedby electricity, the lighting slide is not used, but it is convenient to have for use'in' case the electricity fails to Work, or Where no electric spark "system is used.

The operation, which has partly been'ex plained in the foregoing, is as follows: The

arnris formediverthe WireV s'o that it is 'enethinner,

turning: the glass globe is holder is screwed down on a gas fixture and the gas burner is screwed down to prevent laced on the perforated'di'sk and the hol er screws are advanced from the inside until the ends extend above and beyond the edge of the lower opening-as shown in Fig. l. The upper half ofthe guard is then closed down, the loop enters the lock, the hook turned until it assumes position shown in l? ig. and the guardis locked and the globe securely held in place around the das burner. To light by 4- hand, the slide 27, 1s turned, a taper is ini serted through the opening and if the gas has been turned on it is lighted: the'slide is then closed and the entire device is in a .condition that no one, nothaving a key, can reach the flame. f

By reason of the enameled reflector, the

light is reflected downward and outward inv such amanner that the shadow `cast by the holder and perforated disk is diffused and minimized and as the upward 'current of the A .Heat is broken by the reflector, it passes ott' through the side holes and through those above the-reflector and so -dfittused, instead of going up vertically,'as usual.

.Such'being my-invention, what I claim as newY and desire to Secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a safety device of the kind described, a glass globe, means for fastening said globe from the inside upon a holder adapted to receive the saine, in combination with a divided wire guard provided with a lock attached to one section of said divided guard and of a canopy and a reflector Within said canopy.

2. ln a safety device, the combination ot' a glass globe, means for holding said globe from the inside upon a holder provided with holding means, of a. divided guard having a base wlre fastened to said holder, of a lock in'g device for said'wire guard, and of a combined canopy and reflector attached to the upper half of said divided guard.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of N ew York this 5th day of May A.`D.k 1909.

WILLIAM G. SHERRER.

Witnesses; l GEORGE SCHMIDT, PERRY GLEAsoN. 

